PRINCESS JILL

Jill was in her element today. She adores the Disney Princess' and her friend let her borrow the beautiful Belle costume. She spent all day in it. She had so much fun dancing to her princess music.

BABY BELLY

WHAT BELLY?

Tonight Tyler started crying and kept pulling at his shirt, so I took it off and he immediately proceeded to run around the house with a big smile. I don't think he cared that it is snowing outside again! He's ready for Spring. He was so cute.

See he is growing..... Just not up.

THOMAS PLANETARIUM

LUNAR ECLIPSE FEBRUARY 20, 2008

Mike taught the children about the lunar eclipse and how the moon hides in the shadow of the earth every few years. The children were fascinated with this new knowledge, and excited that it was going to happen that very night.

Jill and Jaden watching the beginning of the eclipse. Jill kept saying... This is going to be Great!

We braved the 0 degree weather to watch the eclipse with a non-obstructed view.

As the children watched the eclipse we overheard Jaden say.... The moon is my friend. Hello moon. Jaden and Jill kept saying Hello friend we love you. Jaden would run into the other room and talk to the moon on his play phone. He would whisper to his friend (the moon)... it is now half covered. Ya, it is an eclipse. He would then run to the window to look at the progress of the real moon and go back and report to his moon friend again. It was so cute.

What a wonderful opportunity it was to teach the children about the world God created for us, and to watch the joy of learning on their faces. It was a fun night. I do not recall seeing a lunar eclipse myself. It was fascinating.

FREEDOM

Tyler has been walking around furniture since 9 months. He took upto ten steps at Christmas time. Then in the first weeks of January he took off, and has been walking ever since. Tyler has always loved to walk. When we held his hand to walk with him his whole face would light up with a grin. When he first started walking he would just giggle and smile. He is enjoying romping around with his brother and sister. He loves this new found freedom and exploration time.

He is now 13 1/2 months old. He is so funny and sweet. We love him. He is a shorty like the rest of us. He is still in his 6-9 month pants. That doesn't slow him down at all as he has just started to tackle Jaden, and loves it.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

Sending you lots of HUGS & KISSES for Valentines! We love and miss you all!

MISSED OPPORTUNITIES

Jill never used a binki when she was a baby, but last night I guess she decided to make up for missed opportunities.

JADEN'S MISSING TOOTH

On Wednesday, January 30 Jaden lost his first tooth at school. He had been wiggling it for weeks to get it lose, as his permament tooth had already come in behind it. He has decided to collect them all as they fall out. He loves to stick his tongue in the space and call it his pink tooth.

Winter Fun

SNOOOW DAYS . . . . .







January 2008

We are enjoying the Chicago winter weather. We love the "snow days" from school and have spent the time sledding on our hill in the backyard, playing games, and talking around the table drinking hot chocolate.

CELEBRATING NEW YEARS DAY 2008

We celebrated the New Year with a family game of bowling. We had so much fun! All of the children had their own unique style of bowling, which made it fun to watch, and we did a lot of giggling!Aleath only had one ball hit the bumper resulting in one true gutter ball.

We all had excellent scores.....

Mike 132

Aleath 153

Jaden 101

Jill 88